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The Minister of Basic Education, Honourable Siviwe Gwarube, will this morning officiate at the opening ceremony of the 40th Association for Educational Assessment in Africa (AEAA) Annual Conference held in Cape Town.

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Umalusi will host the 40th AEAA annual conference from tomorrow, 19 to 23 August 2024 in Century City Conference Centre and Hotels, Cape Town.

Delegates who include education policy makers, assessment specialists, practitioners, and decision makers from various continents will be in attendance.

Reimagining educational assessment in the age of multiple dimensions of learning in a global society.

Please tune into eNCA at 06h30 on Sunday, 18 August 2024 when our spokesperson, Mr Biki Lepota, will be briefing the nation on the readiness of Umalusi to host the 40th AEAA Conference on 19-23 August.

"Having hosted the 21st AEAA Conference on 25-27 August 2003 in Cape Town, during the formative years of Umalusi, we feel privileged and honoured that the EXCO of the AEAA decided to bring back the conference to South Africa 21 years later." Umalusi CEO, Dr Mafu S Rakometsi.

We are delighted to host the 40th Association for Educational Assessment in Africa (AEAA) Annual Conference from 19 to 23 August 2024.

40th AEAA Promo Video Umalusi is delighted to host the 40th AEAA Annual Conference from 19 to 23 August 2024 at the Century City Conference Centre and Hotels in Cape Town, South A...

The 40th Association for Educational Assessment in Africa (AEAA) Conference will bring together education policy makers, assessment specialists, practitioners, academics, and decision makers, from across the African continent, as well as from Europe, India, the United Kingdom, the United States of America, and other regions around the world.

Keynote speakers are, Prof Loyiso Jita, Dr Nkosinathi Sishi, Dr Heidi Bolton, Prof Anil Kanjee, and Prof Vukosi Marivate.

As a build-up to the 40th , the Umalusi staff attended the Quality Promotion engagement today, which was addressed by Dr Arnold Brouwer, focusing on educational testing.

Dr Brouwer engaged on the work of the Dutch Research Centre for Examinations and Certification (RCEC), Competency-based Education and Assessment, RCEC Institutional Audit process, and RCEC product Audit of National Senior Certificate examinations.

His topics aligned with the 40th AEAA conference theme: Reimagining educational assessment in the age of multiple dimensions of learning in a global society.

Dr Brouwer will also be one of the workshop speakers on the first day (19 August 2024) of the conference.

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[40TH AEAA CONFERENCE COUNTDOWN]

The 40th AEAA Annual Conference is almost here. We are just 5 days away!

Reimagining educational assessment in the age of multiple dimensions of learning in a global society.

Our CEO Dr Mafu S Rakometsi, engaged stakeholders at the University of the Western Cape yesterday, on the work of Umalusi, specifically on the process of standardisation of learner results.

Dr Rakometsi reiterated that Umalusi applies the same standardisation principles on all results, and is the final arbiter on standardisation decisions.

[DYK] The Association for Educational Assessment in Africa (AEAA) is a continental body that has 21 active primary members (educational assessment bodies) with several individual members drawn from both public and private institutions mainly from Sub-Sahara Africa.

Get to know the keynote speakers of the 40th AEAA Annual Conference:

Prof Vukosi Marivate is an esteemed Associate Professor at the University of Pretoria. His expertise lies in the domains of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence (AI), with a profound focus on advancing Natural Language Processing techniques, particularly in underrepresented local or low-resource languages.

Through his multifaceted endeavors, Prof Marivate exemplifies a profound dedication to advancing the frontiers of knowledge in data science and AI, while also championing diversity, inclusion, and social impact.

See his full bio below or read it here: https://www.umalusi-online.org.za/UmalusiEvents/Home/BioOfkeyNoteSpeakers

Happy to the active agents of change and social transformation.

Today, we also honour those who fought for the socio-economic rights of women and people with disabilities.

Get to know the keynote speakers of the 40th AEAA Annual Conference:

Prof Anil Kanjee is a Research Professor at the Tshwane University of Technology TUT, whose work focuses on addressing the challenge of equity and quality in education.

He is currently supporting the Education Department and Teacher Unions to implement the National Assessment for Learning Pedagogical Strategy in South African schools.

See his full bio below or read it here: https://www.umalusi-online.org.za/UmalusiEvents/Home/BioOfkeyNoteSpeakers

Get to know the keynote speakers for the 40th AEAA Conference.

Dr Heidi Bolton is the Senior Manager: Research at the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA ), the entity that oversees the implementation and development of the National Qualifications Framework (NQF) in South Africa.

Dr Bolton conducts, oversees, publishes, and disseminates research that contributes an evidence base for SAQA’s work.

Keynote speaker for the 40th AEAA Conference.

Dr Nkosinathi Sishi is the Director-General of the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) in South Africa. He is the Accounting Authority of the National Skills Fund.

He has 38 years of experience in different spheres of government and state-owned enterprises holding various positions in the Executive and Senior Management Services (SMS) in the public service.

Get to know the keynote speakers of the 40th AEAA Annual Conference.

Prof Loyiso Jita: Dean of Education at the University of the Free State, began his career as a science and mathematics teacher after graduating with Biochemistry and Microbiology from the University of the Witwatersrand (WITS).

He has published many articles on Instructional Leadership, Teacher Development and change, Science and Mathematics education, Lesson Study and has presented over 50 papers at local and international conferences. He has also supervised to completion over 40 PhD graduates.

Read his bio below or on our website: https://www.umalusi-online.org.za/UmalusiEvents/Home/BioOfkeyNoteSpeakers

The keynote speakers for the 40th Association for Educational Assessment in Africa (AEAA) Conference are:

Prof Loyiso Jita: Dean of Education at the University of the Free State in South Africa.

Dr Nkosinathi Sishi: Director-General of the Department of Higher Education and Training.

Dr Heidi Bolton: Senior Manager - Research at the South African Qualifications Authority.

Prof Anil Kanjee: Research Professor at the Tshwane University of Technology.

Prof Vukosi Marivate: Associate Professor at the University of Pretoria.

New Month! 🌞 Happy August!

We are delighted to host the 40th Association for Educational Assessment in Africa (AEAA) annual conference, which will take place from 19 to 23 August 2024 in Century City Conference Centre and Hotels, Cape Town, South Africa.

This conference will be held under the theme: Reimagining educational assessment in the age of multiple dimensions of learning in a global society.

Today is the last day of registration for the 40th AEAA Annual Conference.

Delegates are encouraged to register on the conference website at: https://www.umalusi-online.org.za/UmalusiEvents/Account/Register

There will be no on-site conference registrations!

You may access our registration User Manual here:https://www.umalusi-online.org.za/UmalusiEvents/Content/AEAA%20User%20Manual.pdf

2 days to go before the close of online registration for the 40th AEAA Annual Conference which will be hosted by Umalusi from 19 to 23 August 2024.

Please register at: https://www.umalusi-online.org.za/UmalusiEvents/Account/Register

This is a prepaid event. There will be no on-site conference registrations.

Our Quality Assurance of Assessment Unit conducted Integrated Training of Provincial Monitors in Durban today.

Monitors were capacitated on assessment policies and directives, and administration of national exams and marking processes, among other things.

[COUNTDOWN] 40th AEAA Annual Conference Registration closes on 31 July 2024.

Please register on our 40th AEAA Annual conference website at: https://www.umalusi-online.org.za/UmalusiEvents/Account/Register

Conference registrations are payable online. There will be no on-site conference registrations.

You can access our registration User Manual here:https://www.umalusi-online.org.za/UmalusiEvents/Content/AEAA%20User%20Manual.pdf

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The 40th AEAA Conference will provide us an invaluable opportunity to, within the context of complex and unequal educational contexts, discuss and debate various issues of mutual interest for Umalusi and the other education systems of the world.

FINAL CALL FOR THE 40TH AEAA ANNUAL CONFERENCE REGISTRATION

CLOSING DATE FOR ONLINE REGISTRATION: 31 JULY 2024

Delegates are encouraged to register on our 40th AEAA Annual conference website at: https://www.umalusi-online.org.za/UmalusiEvents/Account/Register.

Please note that this is a prepaid event. Conference registrations are payable online. There will be no on-site conference registrations.

Please access our registration User Manual here:https://www.umalusi-online.org.za/UmalusiEvents/Content/AEAA%20User%20Manual.pdf

The conference fee includes participation in the conference, programme, Wi-Fi, secured parking, coffee breaks, lunch, four nights dinner, and airport transfer.

Please see more information below.

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The study revealed that 81% of our primary school pupils are unable to read for meaning in their home languages by the time they turn 10 years of age.